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yacy_search_server/source/de/anomic/content/dao/Dao.java

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// Dao.java
// (C) 2009 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
// first published 25.05.2009 on http://yacy.net
//
// $LastChangedDate: 2006-04-02 22:40:07 +0200 (So, 02 Apr 2006) $
// $LastChangedRevision: 1986 $
// $LastChangedBy: orbiter $
//
// LICENSE
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
package de.anomic.content.dao;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import de.anomic.content.DCEntry;
/*
* Database Access Objects are used to get a normalized view on database objects with java objects
*/
public interface Dao {
// item-oriented retrieval
/**
* get the maximum number of items in the database
*/
public int maxItems();
/**
* retrieve a single item from the database
* @param item
* @return
*/
public DCEntry get(int item);
/**
* retrieve a list of entries in the database;
* the object denoted with until is not contained in the list
* @param from
* @param until
* @return
*/
public ArrayList<DCEntry> get(int from, int until);
// date-oriented retrieval
/**
* return the date of the first entry
*/
public Date firstEntry();
/**
* return the date of the latest entry
* @return
*/
public Date latestEntry();
/**
* get a list of entries in the database;
* the returned list contains all entries up to the most recent
* @param from
* @return
*/
public ArrayList<DCEntry> get(Date from);
}